tad — [tæd] n spoken [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: tad small boy (19 20 centuries), perhaps from English dialect tad toad ] a tad a) a small amount ▪ Would you like some milk? Just a tad. b) slightly ▪ It s a tad expensive … Dictionary of contemporary English

tad — /tad/, n. Informal. 1. a small child, esp. a boy. 2. a very small amount or degree; bit: Please shift your chair a tad to the right. The frosting could use a tad more vanilla. [1875 80, Amer., for def. 1; 1935 40, Amer., for def. 2; perh.… … Universalium

tad — ☆ tad [tad ] n. [prob. &LT; TADPOLE] 1. a little child, esp. a boy 2. a small amount, degree, extent, etc.: often used with a and having adverbial force [a tad tired] … English World dictionary

tad — (n.) 1877, young or small child, probably a shortened form of TADPOLE (Cf. tadpole), which is said to be the source of Tad as the nickname of U.S. President Lincoln s son Thomas (1853вЂ“1871). The extended meaning small amount is first recorded… … Etymology dictionary

Tad — m English and Irish: normally an Anglicized form of TADHG (SEE Tadhg), but sometimes a short form of THADDEUS (SEE Thaddeus). It is fairly commonly used as an independent given name, in particular in America … First names dictionary